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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: A3000UX - Born to run UNIX SVR4
Message-ID: <18896@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 13 Feb 91 00:30:31 GMT
References: <1991Feb04.161126.8475@convex.com> <1991Feb7.151106.4795@cc.helsinki.fi> <32530@auc.UUCP> <1991Feb10.010110.11187@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Feb10.010110.11187@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <32530@auc.UUCP> rar@auc.UUCP (Rodney Ricks) writes:
>> It's not surprizing that a 68040 NeXT outdoes a 68030 Amiga.  The "point" is
>> this: A 68040 NeXT outperforming a 68030 Amiga does NOT mean that the Amiga
>> is a slower system.

>	2) The A3000UX has slots, which the equivalent NeXT doesn't.

>Point one might be valid, but what would one put in the A3000UX that
>one doesn't get standard on the NeXT? Is there actually an application
>for the slots in the A3000 with UNIX (which wipes out things like the
>Video Toaster)?

How about a video board?  For those who want it, C= is planning to offer the
A2410 board, which does up to 1024x1024 in 256 out of 2^24 colors.  If that's
not enough, there are a couple of 3rd party display boards out there which
could be screaming for an X port once UNIX is real.  Once from England does
some 1600x1200 with 256 out of 2^24 colors.  And there's always more memory,
up and coming stuff like FDDI, etc.  Or serial ports for more terminals.  I/O
for control or lab use.  Etc.

Certainly, the expansion bus isn't quite the immediate need item it was on
the A2000.

>Peter da Silva.   `-_-'



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